> ZX81 Goes Nuclear – Controlling a Nuclear Power Plant
I'm going to have to read that one and very carefully. The ZX81 may the single most unstable thing I've ever come across.
My resounding childhood recollection was that if someone sneezed in the next town the connection to the 16Kb RAM Pack (required to do anything) would shift and everything would be lost.
Even Sir Clive's suggestion of using a "small piece of Blu Tack" couldn't save it.
I had a specific book of the exact thickness required to support the back of the RAM pack to keep it from wobbling. I remember how proud I was of this solution and it might just be the first real issue I ever had to troubleshoot on my own as I had no idea why my little programs were getting obliterated.
Edit: he briefly addresses RAM pack wobble in the video - "extra blue tack", haha.
I'm going to have to read that one and very carefully. The ZX81 may the single most unstable thing I've ever come across.
My resounding childhood recollection was that if someone sneezed in the next town the connection to the 16Kb RAM Pack (required to do anything) would shift and everything would be lost.
Even Sir Clive's suggestion of using a "small piece of Blu Tack" couldn't save it.